Dua Lipa’s ‘Houdini’ Makes Magical Move to No. 1 on Dance/Mix Show Airplay Chart
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Dua Lipa’s “Houdini” hits No. 1 on Billboard’s Dance/Mix Show Airplay chart, escaping the No. 2 spot to appear atop the ranking dated March 2.
Lipa earns her fifth leader on Dance/Mix Show Airplay (which ranks titles by weekly plays on a panel of core 24/7 dance stations augmented with mix show hours on pop stations, as monitored by Mediabase and provided to Billboard by Luminate).
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Here’s a rundown of Lipa’s Dance/Mix Show Airplay chart No. 1s:
“Houdini,” for one week (to date), March 2, 2024
“Cold Heart (Pnau Remix),” with Elton John, 14 weeks, beginning Oct. 30, 2021
“Don’t Start Now,” 16 weeks, beginning Dec. 28, 2019
“One Kiss,” with Calvin Harris, 10 weeks, beginning June 2, 2018
“New Rules,” four weeks, beginning Feb. 3, 2018
“Houdini,” whose title is an ode to legendary illusionist Harry Houdini, became Lipa’s second No. 1 on Billboard’s multimetric Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart. The single, on Warner Records, launched atop the list in November and added its 10th week at the summit on the most recently published, Feb. 24-dated tally.
Following his death in 1926, Houdini has been the subject of other chart hits. Walter Brennan spent a week at No. 100 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1962 with “Houdini”; Kon Kan hit No. 33 on Dance Singles Sales in 1989 with “Harry Houdini”; and Foster the People’s “Houdini” reached No. 37 on Alternative Airplay in 2012.
Meanwhile, researching Billboard’s archives pulls this rabbit out of a hat: Houdini’s widow, Bess, drew ink in the Dec. 29, 1934, issue, which celebrated Billboard’s 40th anniversary (dating to the Nov. 1, 1894-dated inaugural edition). “The Billboard and I started in show business the same year,” an ad on page 219 read. “My! My! How you have grown, Billyboy. Congratulations – Mrs. Harry Houdini.”
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